380 CXXXVII. AMARYLLIDEE (BAKER). [Hyp 
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lax corymb; pedicels very hairy, ascending, 4—1 in. long; bracts large, 
linear-subulate. Perianth-segments yellow, about } in. long; ogter 
very hairy outside. Stamens half as long as the perianth; anthers 
sagittate at the base, longer than the filaments. Ovary obconic, densely 
villous. Capsule turbinate, }—} in. long, circumscissile round the middle. 
—A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 314; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soe. xvii. 
113; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 170. H. villosa, Linn. f. var. foliis 
recurvis, Hook. f. in Journ. Linn. Soe, vii. 223. H. petitiana, A. Rich. 
Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 315. H. abyssinica and H. simenensis, Hochst. in. 
Flora, 1844, 32. H. sobolifera, Jacq. Ic. t. 372; Schweinf. in Bull. 
Herb. Boiss. ii. App. ii. 110. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroon Mountains, 7500 ft., Mann, 1224! 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Tigre, summit of Mount Sholoda, near Adowa, 
Schimper, 172! and without precise locality, Schimper, 539! British East Africa: 
Jur; Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 1874! East side of Lake Albert Edward, Scott- 
Elliot, 8074! Ruwenzori, Scott-Elliot, 7799! Ukamba, Scott-Elliot, 6467! Taita ; 
Ndi Mountain, Hildebrandt, 2542 ! 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Shire Highlands, at 
Blantyre, Buchanan, 26! Scott! Scott-Elliot, 8579! Magomero, Meller! Fort 
Young, Nicholson ! Matabeleland, Oates ! 
Also in South Africa. 
9. H. gregoriana, Rendle in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. 408. Tuber 
perennial. Leaves linear, rather flaccid, reaching 14 ft. long, 8 lin. 
broad at the middle; upper surface sparsely, lower and edges densely 
hairy. Peduncles 5 to a tuber, corymbose, 1 ft. long. Flowers about 
4 in a corymb; bracts linear-subulate, 4 in. long; lower pedicels 
1 in. long. Perianth-segments yellow, above 4 in. long; outer hairy 
outside. Stamens half as long as the perianth ; anthers sagittate, twice 
as long as the filaments. Ovary obconic, hairy, under } in. long. 
Capsule circumscissile at the middle. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: on the Kikuyu escarpament near Kedong, 
‘Gregory. : 
No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 
10. H. nyasica, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1897, 284. Tuber large 5 
sheaths glabrous. Leaves firm, linear, slightly hairy, 1 ft. long, Am, 
broad. Peduncles up to 6-7 to a tuft, hairy upwards, spreading d 
ascending, shorter than the leaves. Flowers few in a lax aca 
pedicels short, hairy; bracts linear, minute. Segments of the Gar 
lanceolate, ł—4 in. long, hairy outside. Stamens half as long as the limb. 
Ovary turbinate, hairy. Capsule circumscissile at the middle. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland ; Mount Zomba, 4000- 
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6000 ft., Whyte! Whyte & McClounie! Mount Malosa, 4000-6000 ft., Whyte: 
Zomba Rock, Whyte ! 
11. H. angolensis, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. 1. 266. 
Tuber perennial, oblong, 3 in. long, 1—14 in. diam, crowned with copious 
bristly relics of old leaves. Leaves 6-8, linear, rigid, acuminate, 6-9 ri 
long, 3-1 in. broad, ciliated on the edges and midrib beneath. 
